Originally Posted By: Notes Norton
IMO if you aren't looking forward to the next gig, and if you aren't having fun at the gig, you should probably get a real job with health insurance, vacation pay, paid holidays and sick leave.


I have all that as a retiree!!

You guys starting to see why I retired from music until this band? It became a job. This band was fun when it started. Now it's like having 9 wives. I couldn't coexist with ONE wife, much less 9. All the drama, the whining, excuses to miss rehearsal, one is a spoiled rich kid who has had everything handed to him/her, one is even lazier than I am...

I expect (demand) that everybody work as hard as I do. That has not happened. The ones missing rehearsal are the ones making the same mistake every meeting. It's a bunch of people who think there is a "good enough" in music. There is not.

I am using the new 1040XTRAEZ form this year. It has just 2 lines.

1. How much did you make in 2023?
2. Send it to us.